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Vinyl Countdown is a five reel, nine payline, and
nine coin slot machine. The multiple paylines increase
your chances of winning.
Vinyl Countdown has a wild symbol, and a scatter
symbol.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only, except for scatter wins. The Scatter
Glitter Ball symbol can appear in any position, on
any of the reels.
The Wild Jukebox symbol does not complete a scatter
symbol combination.
Winnings are paid out on the highest combination
on each enabled payline only, except for scatter wins.
Scatter wins are added to payline wins.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only, except for scatter wins. The Scatter
Glitter Ball symbol can appear in any position on
the reels.
The Wild Jukebox symbol does not substitute for a
Scatter Glitter Ball symbol.
Malfunctions void all plays and pays.
The Wild Jukebox symbol is wild. This means that it
substitutes for any other symbol to complete winning
combinations, except the Scatter Glitter Ball symbol.
The Wild Jukebox symbol only appears in reels 2,
3 and 4.
Only one winning combination is paid out per enabled
payline. If there is more than one possible winning
combination on a payline, you are paid out the value
of the highest combination only.
Example:
1. One Wild Jukebox symbol on reel 2, and two Scatter
Glitter Ball symbols scattered anywhere on the five
reels, do not complete a scatter winning combination.
The Wild Jukebox symbol cannot substitute for a Scatter
Glitter Ball symbol, and three or more Scatter Glitter
Ball symbols must be displayed to complete a scatter
winning combination.
2. One Wild Jukebox symbol and two Wingtip Shoes
symbols displayed on reels 1, 2 and 3, on the third
enabled payline, completes a three Wingtip Shoes symbols
combination and pay out 10 coins.
The Scatter Glitter Ball symbol is a scatter symbol.
This means that it does not need to appear in a line
on an enabled payline to win.
It can be scattered anywhere on the five reels provided
that three or more Scatter Glitter Ball symbols appear.
Scatter wins are calculated by multiplying the Scatter
Glitter Ball symbols payout, as shown in the Payout
Schedule by the total number of credits bet.
If you have a scatter win and a regular win, you
are paid out for both wins, as the scatter symbol
does not need to appear on an enabled payline to win.
The scatter win is added to the payline win.
Example:
1. One Scatter Glitter Ball symbol scattered anywhere
on the five reels, and two Wild Jukebox symbols displayed
on reels 2 and 3 on an enabled payline do not complete
a winning combination. The Wild Jukebox symbol does
not substitute for a Scatter Glitter Ball symbol,
and a minimum of three Scatter Glitter Ball symbols
complete a winning scatter combination.
2. If you have selected a 0.50 coin and bet 1 coin
on each of the 9 paylines, your total bet amount is
0.50 x 1 coin = 0.50 credits per payline x 9 paylines
= 4.50 total credits bet.
Three Scatter Glitter Ball symbols, scattered anywhere
on the five reels, complete a scatter winning combination
as shown in the Payout Schedule. Three Scatter Glitter
Ball symbols pay out the total number of credits bet
multiplied by 10.
Therefore your total payout is 4.50 total credits
bet x 10 = 45 credits.
3. If you have selected a 0.50 coin and bet 1 coin
on each of the 9 paylines, your total bet amount is
0.50 x 1 coin = 0.50 credits per payline x 9 paylines
= 4.50 total credits bet.
Three Scatter Glitter Ball symbols, scattered anywhere
on the five reels, and three Wintip Shoes symbols
on an enabled payline, complete two winning combinations,
as shown in the Payout Schedule. The three Scatter
Glitter Ball symbols complete a scatter winning combination
and pay out the total number of credits bet multiplied
by 5. So, you are paid 4.50 total credits bet x 10
= 45 credits.
The three Wingtip Shoes symbols complete a 3 Wingtip
Shoes winning combination and pay out 10 coins. As
you selected a 0.50 coin size, you are paid 0.50 x
10 = 5 credits.
Therefore, your total payout is 45 credits + 5 credits
= 50 credits.
It is easy to see why casinos like slot machines so much. The slot machines take up very little floor space, break time is only when they
do breakdown and that is rare for a machine. The breakdowns are handled quickly by a slots techician, usually just a simple computer board change is involved and the faulty machine is back in business. There is no way that casino management could have ever predicted the popularity of the slot machine today. All management has done is provide the gamblers with what they want, and believe it or not, slot machines are now one of the most popular of all casino games.
In this day and age, it would not be fair to refer to slot machines as "one armed bandits". We all know, most machines do have that big old handle that earned it it's name but, if all you want to do is push buttons, you don't need that handle at all. Sit down, get comfortable, it is up to you, if you want to feed the machine at the beginning of each spin of the wheels or you can simply insert the bill of your choice and select "bet max".
The interesting question is, we know casino management could not have made these machines as popular as they are. What is it about slot machines that grab and hold the gamblers attention for such a long period of time? This time period I am referring to started in the mid 1900's and continues to grow to this day.
Do many people consider gambling to be entertainment? Entertainment, for most of us, is something that does not require alot of "brain work". After a long day, we feel the brain deserves a rest and our forms of entertainment usually include this. The slot machine enters the picture and for many, this must be what they were looking for.
Slots do offer the opportunity for a big payout. This may be one of the factors that has lead to the huge popularity of these machines. Some of the jackpots on the progressive machines exceed 10 million dollars. I do play the lotteries when the pots get big and a slot machine gives me a way of playing for a huge pot just by taking one more spin of the wheels. The size of the progressive is one of the major factors that has assisted the rising use of slot machines by gamblers.
The ringing of the bells may have helped the continued rise in popularity. Maybe it is the graphics on the wheels and could be the lights. There is also the possibility that the names of the machines are what draw the gamblers to sit down and play. I think it is fair to say, that it is not just one factor that has led to what the slot machine is today, it is a combination of all of the above and more.
Sit down, relax and don't gamble with more money than you can afford to lose.
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PLAYING IT SMART by ALAN KRIGMAN
Multi-line Machines Add a Meaningful Choice to Slot Play .
The slot machines dominant in the '90s gave players little flexibility for tailoring games to meet meaningful personal preferences. Differences like symbols on the reels were cursory, and serious options were accordingly limited. True, there was a pick of denomination -- $0.25, $0.50, $1, and so on. Another choice was giant jackpots with infinitesimal chances of hitting, modest meed with merely minuscule prospects of prosperity, or somewhere in between. And there were alternatives that few folks ever fathomed, like machines where extra coins bought more confusing ways to win as opposed to bigger returns and bonuses.
The nickel and other multi-line machines now proliferating at punting palaces across the ever-widening wagering world offer solid citizens additional diversity. This, more significant in shaping session performance than most slot fans yet fathom. For a particular amount dropped into the hopper of hope per round, it's the trade-off between more money on fewer lines or the converse.
Slot machines differ among games, to the extent that two devices may look identical, yet don't necessarily have the same inner workings. Further, the relationship between what players do and what they get involves the unpredictable intervention of chance rather than the certainty of cause and effect. So a painstakingly precise analysis entailing the probabilities and payoffs of one particular machine won't apply exactly to another. Intuitive understanding of what to expect, among any proficient gambler's greatest talents, is far better served using a simplified model.
For this purpose, picture a hypothetical five-line nickel machine. Make believe it takes up to five coins per line and has only one return level -- $0.15 for every $0.05 bet on a winning line. Experienced bettors know this means you win 2-to-1, a nickel earns you a dime, since the $0.15 includes your own money -- the $0.05 bet you didn't lose. Say you're comfortable risking $0.25 per spin. You could do it in various ways, the extremes being a quarter on one line or a nickel on each of five lines.
If the chance of winning were 31 percent, this game would have a payback of 93 percent. About average for the nickel slots.
The 93 percent return isn't affected by your decision to play one line at quarter or five at a nickel each. But, the net wins and losses per spin, and the chances associated with them, do change.
Betting $0.25 on a single line, you have 31 percent chance of winning $0.50 and the complementary 69 percent chance of losing your quarter. Betting $0.05 on each of five lines, probabilities and profits are as shown in the following list.
Chances of various wins and losses on hypothetical machine, betting $0.05 on each of five lines
no of probability net profit hits or loss
0 15.64% lose $0.25
1 35.13% lose $0.10
2 31.57% win $0.05
3 14.18% win $0.20
4 3.19% win $0.35
5 0.29% win $0.50
These figures demonstrate how distributed bets dampen expected ups and downs. Shifting the total from one bet to five drops forecast $0.25 losses from 69 to 15.64 percent, and only 50.77 percent of all spins are projected to lose anything. Big wins are also fewer -- the chance of earning $0.50 is below one percent with $0.05 per line, versus 31 percent betting all-or-nothing. But, a nickel win in the multi-line mode is expected slightly more often than $0.50 going for broke, and the other payoffs bring the overall shot at winning something to 49.23 percent.
Smaller bankroll swings characterizing each round of multi-line play ultimately keep players in the game longer on a given stake. Say you start with $50 and bet $0.25 per spin. The chance of being in action for at least 2,000 spins, about three hours of fast fingering, is 78.8 percent with a quarter on one line. It's higher, 98.5 percent, with a nickel on each of five lines. Sumner A Ingmark, celebrated songster of the slots, said it like this: You cannot win if you don't play, So temp'ring risk may save the day
(c) 2001, ICON/Information Concepts Inc.
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Golden Goose Totem Treasure is a 5 reel, 20 payline, 200 coin slot machine with a
wild/multiplier symbol, a scatter symbol, and four Golden Goose bonus games.
This is a coin-based game, meaning your credits are converted to coins. To
qualify for the Golden Goose bonus games, you must place an additional bet of 5
coins and play all paylines. If you wager the Golden Goose bet, the Golden Goose
may appear ramdomly at the end of any spin to award you 1 of 4 bonus games.
The Golden Egg bonus game.
The Golden Goose awards an egg that is worth up to 2,000 coins.
The Golden Reels bonus game.
Eggs are displayed on all five reels. Select one egg from each reel to win up to a total of 5,000 coins.
The Money or the Egg bonus games.
Select the cash to win up to 10,000 coins.
Or the Egg and win up to 50 free spins with up to 3X multiplier.
This slots game is only
available at some of the larger (90+ casino games) Microgaming
casinos. The Bandit is a 3-reel slotmachine with 3 paylines.
You can bet a maximum of 3 coins. Every coin you bet will
activate another payline. The following coin sizes are
accepted: $0.25, $0.50, $1, $2, and $5. If you hit 3 Bandit
symbols on a payline you will get paid according to the payout
table below:.
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